V&A Dundee reveals opening date as it nears completion
Kengo Kuma’s £80 million V&A Dundee, the long-awaited museum, has it was announced will open later this year on 15 September.
Completion of the external elements of the project is imminent, with the fit-out due to begin next month.
The museum is intended to become a new international centre for design, which the V&A says will allow visitors to ‘experience the remarkable story of design past, present and future’.
V&A Dundee will feature permanent galleries of Scottish design as well as an international programme of exhibitions. The building will form part of a £1 billion transformation of the Dundee waterfront. The museum is backed by a partnership of the V&A, Dundee City Council, the University of Dundee, Abertay University and Scottish Enterprise.
Among its attractions will be Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s 13.5m-long Oak Room, fully restored and preserved for future generations within the museum. Turner Prize-nominated artist Ciara Phillips has been commissioned to produce a new work in response to the V&A’s collections of Scottish design. The opening exhibition, Ocean Liners: Speed & Style, will reimagine the golden age of on-water travel.
V&A Dundee director Philip Long said: ‘After many years of planning for V&A Dundee, we are absolutely thrilled to announce the date of the new museum’s opening.’